Sylvia Gross

Ms. Gross is a senior executive with over three decades of real estate experience in real estate advisory, investments and management.  She currently serves as Senior Advisor to PIA Residential focusing on the structure and operations of PIA’s multifamily funds and supports the company in their capital markets and marketing activities. Ms. Gross is also an Adjunct Professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Until 2021, Ms. Gross was one of the managers at HQ Capital Real Estate, a real estate private equity firm she joined in 2003 where she was a member of the firm’s Investment Committee and Executive Committee responsible for the overall strategy of the company. Ms. Gross was responsible for product development, financings/restructurings and capital markets and led the real estate marketing, reporting, and client service teams, as well as the coordination of the firm’s global fundraising efforts.

Prior to joining HQ Capital, Ms. Gross was Vice President of Finance at Louis Dreyfus Property Group, in charge of financing activities and managed the company’s relationship with financial institutions and investors. Previously, Ms. Gross established the real estate lending group within BHF-BANK (NY) creating a loan portfolio in excess of $1 Billion.  Ms. Gross started her career at Deutsche Bank as an Associate in the Real Estate Group.

Ms. Gross is the Chair of the Board of AFIRE (Association of Foreign Investors in U.S. Real Estate) and a member of WX (Women Executives in Real Estate), where she is active in the Mentorship Committee. Ms. Gross is also a trustee of The Children’s Village and a member of the board of CV Institute. She previously also served as a board member of Foundry Commercial between 2018 and 2020. Ms. Gross holds a B.A. from Bucknell University and an MBA. from New York University’s Stern School of Business.